What does perilous mean?
Definitions for perilous
ˈpɛr ə ləsper·ilous
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Princeton's WordNet
parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-goadjective
fraught with danger
"dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"
Wiktionary
perilousadjective
Dangerous, full of peril.
Etymology: perilleus, from the noun peril.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Perilousadjective
Etymology: perileux, Fr. from peril.
Alterations in the service of God, for that they impair the credit of religion, are therefore perilous in common-weals, which have no continuance longer than religion hath all reverence done unto it. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 2.
Her guard is chastity,
She that has that is clad in compleat steel,
And like a quiver’d nymph with arrows keen
May trace huge forests and unharbour’d heaths,
Infamous hills and sandy perilous wilds. John Milton.Dictate propitious to my duteous ear,
What arts can captivate the changeful seer:
For perilous th’ assay, unheard the toil
T’ elude the prescience of a God by guile. Alexander Pope.Into the perilous flood
Bear fearless. James Thomson.Thus was th’ accomplish’d squire endu’d
With gifts and knowledge per’lous shrewd. Hudibras.’Tis a per’lous boy,
Bold, quick, ingenious, forward, capable;
He’s all the mother’s from the top to toe. William Shakespeare.
Wikipedia
Perilous
Perilous is the thirteenth studio album by American progressive rock band Glass Hammer, released on October 23, 2012 by Arion Records/Sound Resources. This is the last album with Jon Davison acting as sole lead vocalist, with former vocalists Susie Bogdanowicz and Carl Groves returning on the following album. The song titles, when read in sequence, form a short poem. It is the first album featuring Davison in which he was not involved in the writing process, as he joined Yes earlier in the year and was not available for the songwriting sessions.As with previous albums Journey of the Dunadan or Chronometree, Perilous is a concept album. However band member Steve Babb stated "we have never done a concept album like Perilous. It is essentially one unified vision; one musical idea in thirteen parts or movements. The emotions and ideas expressed in the lyrics ebb and flow with the music; but they have a definite story to tell with a beginning, middle and climactic end."
ChatGPT
perilous
Perilous refers to something that is full of danger or risk, potentially hazardous or harmful. It can apply to various contexts such as situations, activities or conditions that involve a high degree of uncertainty and potential for harm or loss.
Webster Dictionary
Perilousadjective
full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking
Perilousadjective
daring; reckless; dangerous
Etymology: [OF. perillous, perilleus, F. prilleux, L. periculosus. See Peril.]
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Anagrams for perilous »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of perilous in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of perilous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of perilous in a Sentence
Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous- to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd.
We're allowing these people to take their children on a perilous journey without correcting the falsities.
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order to things.
Gordon B. Hinkley, Speech given in October 2001:
Are these perilous times? They are. But we can have peace in our hearts and in our homes.
Mr Diack had asked me to consider the fact that the IAAF was in a perilous financial state and needed sponsors, there was never any question of allowing the Russian athletes to participate in international competitions.
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- محفوف بالمخاطرArabic
- perillósCatalan, Valencian
- farligDanish
- gefahrvoll, gefährlichGerman
- επικίνδυνοςGreek
- peligrosoSpanish
- vaarallinen, hengenvaarallinenFinnish
- périlleuxFrench
- berbahayaIndonesian
- pericoloso, rischiosoItalian
- מְסוּכָּןHebrew
- 危険なJapanese
- 위험한Korean
- periculosusLatin
- gevaarlijkDutch
- niebezpiecznyPolish
- perigoso, periculoso, arriscadoPortuguese
- опа́сный, риско́ванныйRussian
- farligSwedish
- அபாயTamil
- tehlikeliTurkish
- 危险的Chinese
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